Polar Bear To Obama: 'Fix Climate Change'

A great white bear stands up to Obama's climate change promises in Copenhagen

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This morning, while President Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, a very unusual protester called him out. As Obama gave his speech in the background on video monitors at Copenhagen's Climate Conference, a visibly irritated polar bear reared up on four legs to warn Obama about climate change, challenged him to live up to his promises. Watch:

We're quite used to bears getting vocal around here, but this seemed a bit beyond the pale—and it is. Turns out the man in the suit is Brendan Cummings, a lawyer and public lands director for the Center for Biological Diversity. (We had our suspicions when we heard him speak; somehow, I expected a polar bear's voice to be growlier and less neurotic.) They previously pressured the administration to put polar bears on the Endangered Species list, and they succeeded.